🗣️ Spanish Idioms
Idioms are widely used in everyday Spanish. Learning them helps you understand natural speech and communicate more effectively.
🟢 Common Spanish Idioms
🐱 Buscarle tres pies al gato
“To look for three feet on the cat”
Meaning:
Making a problem where none exists
“To look for three feet on the cat”
Meaning:
Making a problem where none exists
🌧️ Llover a cántaros
“To rain pitchers”
Meaning:
Raining very heavily
“To rain pitchers”
Meaning:
Raining very heavily
👂 Entrar por un oído y salir por el otro
“In one ear and out the other”
Meaning:
Not paying attention
“In one ear and out the other”
Meaning:
Not paying attention
💸 Costar un ojo de la cara
“To cost an eye from the face”
Meaning:
Very expensive
“To cost an eye from the face”
Meaning:
Very expensive
🥖 Ser pan comido
“To be eaten bread”
Meaning:
Very easy
“To be eaten bread”
Meaning:
Very easy
🐟 Estar como pez en el agua
“To be like a fish in water”
Meaning:
To feel comfortable
“To be like a fish in water”
Meaning:
To feel comfortable
🟡 Everyday Conversation Idioms
🤫 No tener pelos en la lengua
To speak very directly
To speak very directly
😴 Caerse de sueño
To be extremely sleepy
To be extremely sleepy
🎉 Tirar la casa por la ventana
To spend a lot celebrating
To spend a lot celebrating
🔥 Estar en las nubes
To daydream
To daydream
😅 Meter la pata
To mess up
To mess up
👀 Echar un ojo
To take a quick look
To take a quick look
🔵 Cultural Idiomatic Expressions
🐴 A caballo regalado no se le mira el diente
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
🕊️ Más vale tarde que nunca
Better late than never
Better late than never
💧 Gota a gota se llena la copa
Little by little things add up
Little by little things add up
⚡ El tiempo es oro
Time is money
Time is money
🌎 Cada loco con su tema
Everyone has their own thing
Everyone has their own thing
🍀 Mucha mierda
Good luck (theater expression)
Good luck (theater expression)
💬 Sample Conversations
Everyday chat:
A: Está lloviendo a cántaros.
B: Sí, mejor nos quedamos en casa.
A: Está lloviendo a cántaros.
B: Sí, mejor nos quedamos en casa.
Reacting to price:
A: Ese teléfono cuesta un ojo de la cara.
B: ¡Qué caro!
A: Ese teléfono cuesta un ojo de la cara.
B: ¡Qué caro!
📝 Example Sentences
🌧️ Está lloviendo a cántaros desde la mañana.
It has been pouring rain since the morning.
It has been pouring rain since the morning.
👀 Voy a echar un ojo al documento más tarde.
I am going to take a quick look at the document later.
I am going to take a quick look at the document later.
🔥 Hoy estoy en las nubes pensando en las vacaciones.
Today I am daydreaming about the vacation.
Today I am daydreaming about the vacation.
🤫 Ella no tiene pelos en la lengua cuando da su opinión.
She speaks very directly when she gives her opinion.
She speaks very directly when she gives her opinion.